This is a list of all the personnel changes for the 2015 Indian Premier League (IPL). Apart from the players retained by their franchises, the rest entered the pool of players put up for auction. Notable names among these were Yuvraj Singh (released by Royal Challengers Bangalore), Pragyan Ojha and Zaheer Khan (released by Mumbai Indians), Kevin Pietersen (released by Delhi Daredevils) among others.
Trading window There were 2 trading windows prior to the auction which was held on 16 February 2015. A third trading window opened after the auction. During these trading windows, franchises could trade players with other franchises.
S.No Name Moving from Moving to 1 Iqbal Abdullah Rajasthan Royals Royal Challengers Bangalore 2 Manvinder Bisla Kolkata Knight Riders Royal Challengers Bangalore 3 Parthiv Patel Royal Challengers Bangalore Mumbai Indians 4 Unmukt Chand Rajasthan Royals Mumbai Indians 5 Vinay Kumar Kolkata Knight Riders Mumbai Indians 6 Mandeep Singh Kings XI Punjab Royal Challengers Bangalore
Retained players Prior to the auction, teams could release players and retain those that they wanted for the next season. The salaries of the released players would be added to the salary purse of the teams which was increased to Rs. 63 crores for the 2015 edition. The salaries of the retained players was deducted from this purse.
Auction
66 players (43 Indians and 23 Overseas) were sold at the auction. Yuvraj Singh and Dinesh Karthik fetched the highest bids of 16 crore and 10.5 crore respectively. Angelo Mathews was the most costly foreign player at 7.5 crore. Many prominent players such as Kumar Sangakkara, Ross Taylor, Alex Hales, Cameron White and Tillakaratne Dilshan remained unsold at the auction.
Sold players
Name IPL Matches IPL team(s) IPL 2014 team Capped / uncapped Base Price in (in lakhs) IPL 2015 team Auctioned price in (in lakhs) Michael Hussey 55 Chennai Super Kings / Mumbai Indians Mumbai Indians Capped 150 Chennai Super Kings 150 Irfan Pathan 98 Delhi Daredevils / Kings XI Punjab / Sunrisers Hyderabad Sunrisers Hyderabad Capped 150 Chennai Super Kings 150 Rahul Sharma 44 Deccan Chargers / Pune Warriors India / Delhi Daredevils Delhi Daredevils Capped 30 Chennai Super Kings 30 Kyle Abbott 0 Kings XI Punjab Capped 30 Chennai Super Kings 30 Andrew Tye 0 Uncapped 20 Chennai Super Kings 20 Pratyush Singh 0 Uncapped 10 Chennai Super Kings 10 Ankush Bains 0 Rajasthan Royals Rajasthan Royals Uncapped 10 Chennai Super Kings 10 Eklavya Dwivedi 0 Pune Warriors India Uncapped 10 Chennai Super Kings 10 Yuvraj Singh 84 Kings XI Punjab / Pune Warriors India / Royal Challengers Bangalore Royal Challengers Bangalore Capped 200 Delhi Daredevils 1600 Angelo Mathews 35 Pune Warriors India / Kolkata Knight Riders Capped 150 Delhi Daredevils 750 Zaheer Khan 70 Mumbai Indians / Royal Challengers Bangalore Mumbai Indians Capped 100 Delhi Daredevils 400 Amit Mishra 86 Deccan Chargers / Delhi Daredevils / Sunrisers Hyderabad Sunrisers Hyderabad Capped 10 Delhi Daredevils 350 Shreyas Iyer 0 Uncapped 10 Delhi Daredevils 260 Gurinder Sandhu 0 Capped 30 Delhi Daredevils 170 Jaydev Unadkat 33 Kolkata Knight Riders / Royal Challengers Bangalore / Delhi Daredevils Delhi Daredevils Capped 50 Delhi Daredevils 110 Domnic Joseph 0 Uncapped 10 Delhi Daredevils 75 Albie Morkel 85 Chennai Super Kings / Royal Challengers Bangalore Royal Challengers Bangalore Capped 30 Delhi Daredevils 30 Marcus Stoinis 0 Uncapped 20 Delhi Daredevils 25 CM Gautam 12 Delhi Daredevils / Royal Challengers Bangalore / Mumbai Indians Mumbai Indians Uncapped 20 Delhi Daredevils 20 Srikar Bharat 0 Uncapped 10 Delhi Daredevils 10 KK Jiyas 0 Uncapped 10 Delhi Daredevils 10 Murali Vijay 75 Chennai Super Kings / Delhi Daredevils Delhi Daredevils Capped 50 Kings XI Punjab 300 Nikhil Naik 0 Uncapped 10 Kings XI Punjab 30 Yogesh Golwalkar 0 Uncapped 10 Kings XI Punjab 10 KC Cariappa 0 Uncapped 10 Kolkata Knight Riders 240 James Neesham 4 Delhi Daredevils Delhi Daredevils Capped 30 Kolkata Knight Riders 50 Brad Hogg 10 Rajasthan Royals Capped 50 Kolkata Knight Riders 50 Aditya Garhwal 0 Uncapped 10 Kolkata Knight Riders 25 Sheldon Jackson 0 Royal Challengers Bangalore Uncapped 10 Kolkata Knight Riders 15 Sumit Narwal 7 Rajasthan Royals Uncapped 10 Kolkata Knight Riders 10 Vaibhav Rawal 0 Uncapped 10 Kolkata Knight Riders 10 Aaron Finch 36 Rajasthan Royals / Delhi Daredevils / Pune Warriors India / Sunrisers Hyderabad Sunrisers Hyderabad Capped 100 Mumbai Indians 320 Pragyan Ojha 91 Deccan Chargers / Mumbai Indians Mumbai Indians Capped 50 Mumbai Indians 50 Abhimanyu Mithun 16 Royal Challengers Bangalore Capped 30 Mumbai Indians 30 Mitchell McClenaghan 0 Capped 30 Mumbai Indians 30 Aiden Blizzard 7 Mumbai Indians Uncapped 30 Mumbai Indians 30 Hardik Pandya 0 Uncapped 10 Mumbai Indians 10 Akshay Wakhare 0 Uncapped 10 Mumbai Indians 10 Nitish Rana 0 Uncapped 10 Mumbai Indians 10 Siddhesh Lad 0 Uncapped 10 Mumbai Indians 10 Jagadeesha Suchith 0 Uncapped 10 Mumbai Indians 10 Chris Morris 16 Chennai Super Kings Capped 50 Rajasthan Royals 140 Rusty Theron 9 Deccan Chargers / Kings XI Punjab Capped 30 Rajasthan Royals 30 Barinder Sran 0 Uncapped 10 Rajasthan Royals 10 Dinesh Salunkhe 6 Rajasthan Royals Uncapped 10 Rajasthan Royals 10 Sagar Trivedi 0 Uncapped 10 Rajasthan Royals 10 Pardeep Sahu 0 Uncapped 10 Rajasthan Royals 10 Dinesh Karthik 106 Delhi Daredevils / Kings XI Punjab / Mumbai Indians Delhi Daredevils Capped 200 Royal Challengers Bangalore 1050 Darren Sammy 20 Sunrisers Hyderabad Sunrisers Hyderabad Capped 100 Royal Challengers Bangalore 280 David Wiese 0 Capped 30 Royal Challengers Bangalore 280 Sean Abbott 0 Capped 50 Royal Challengers Bangalore 100 Adam Milne 0 Capped 30 Royal Challengers Bangalore 70 Sarfaraz Khan 0 Uncapped 10 Royal Challengers Bangalore 50 Subramaniam Badrinath 95 Chennai Super Kings Capped 30 Royal Challengers Bangalore 30 Jalaj Saxena 0 Mumbai Indians Mumbai Indians Uncapped 10 Royal Challengers Bangalore 10 Shishir Bhavane 0 Uncapped 10 Royal Challengers Bangalore 10 Trent Boult 0 Capped 50 Sunrisers Hyderabad 380 Praveen Kumar 85 Kings XI Punjab / Royal Challengers Bangalore / Mumbai Indians Mumbai Indians Capped 50 Sunrisers Hyderabad 220 Kevin Pietersen 32 Deccan Chargers / Delhi Daredevils / Royal Challengers Bangalore Delhi Daredevils Capped 200 Sunrisers Hyderabad 200 Eoin Morgan 32 Royal Challengers Bangalore / Kolkata Knight Riders Capped 150 Sunrisers Hyderabad 150 Ravi Bopara 15 Kings XI Punjab Capped 100 Sunrisers Hyderabad 100 Kane Williamson 0 Capped 50 Sunrisers Hyderabad 60 Laxmi Ratan Shukla 46 Kolkata Knight Riders / Delhi Daredevils Delhi Daredevils Capped 30 Sunrisers Hyderabad 30 Padmanabhan Prasanth 0 Kochi Tuskers Kerala Uncapped 10 Sunrisers Hyderabad 10 Hanuma Vihari 17 Sunrisers Hyderabad Uncapped 10 Sunrisers Hyderabad 10 Siddarth Kaul 11 Delhi Daredevils / Kolkata Knight Riders Delhi Daredevils Uncapped 10 Sunrisers Hyderabad 10 Source:Pepsi IPL 2015 Player Auction
Withdrawn players The following players withdrew from the tournament either due to injuries or because of other reasons.
Player Team Reason James Neesham Kolkata Knight Riders Injury Chris Lynn Kolkata Knight Riders Hamstring Injury Kevin Pietersen Sunrisers Hyderabad Other reasons Kane Richardson Rajasthan Royals Personal reasons Josh Hazlewood Mumbai Indians National team commitment Aaron Finch Mumbai Indians Hamstring injury Mohammed Shami Delhi Daredevils Knee injury Laxmi Ratan Shukla Sunrisers Hyderabad Illness Adam Milne Royal Challengers Bangalore Heel Injury Corey Anderson Mumbai Indians Fractured Finger Shaun Marsh Kings XI Punjab National team commitment Mitchell Johnson Kings XI Punjab National team commitment
Replacement signings Players were signed as replacement of contracted players who were not available to play due to injuries and national commitments. Under IPL rules, the replacements have to be chosen from the pool of players who went unsold in the auction, and cannot be paid more than the players they are replacing, though they can be paid less.
Player Replaced Team Reason for replacement Azhar Mahmood James Neesham Kolkata Knight Riders Injury Johan Botha Chris Lynn Kolkata Knight Riders Injury Bipul Sharma Laxmi Ratan Shukla Sunrisers Hyderabad Illness Sreenath Aravind Adam Milne Royal Challengers Bangalore Heel Injury Ben Hilfenhaus Aaron Finch Mumbai Indians Hamstring injury Colin Munro Josh Hazlewood Mumbai Indians National team commitment Alex Hales Corey Anderson Mumbai Indians Fractured Finger
References
External links IPL 2015 player salary